Jewelry box



April 12, 1949. H. A. LEES 2,467,138

JEWELRY BOX Filed April 7, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Apr. 12, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JEWELRY BOX Harold A. Lees, Houston, Tex.

Application April 7, 1947, Serial No. 739,919

4 Claims. 1

This invention relates to display devices for display of articles of merchandise.

An object of this invention is to provide a display means for small articles, such as articles of jewelry, which includes a stand and a receptacle or holder on the stand on which the article or articles to be displayed are placed, the receptacle or holder having a removable cushion so that the color scheme of the window can be easily fol lowed or retained with this display means by mere substitution of a new cushion.

Another object of this invention is to provide a display stand which can be made out of plastic or the like, either colored or transparent, the stand being designed for use as single or multiple units and forming an attractive display means for displaying articles of jewelry to the best advantage.

A further object of this invention is to provide a display stand embodying a base, a standard, a head on the upper end of the standard, and a combined cover and receptacle base slidably and removably engaging the head, the receptacle base also including a removable cushion so that the cushion can be replaced or changed as may be desired.

It is also an object of this invention to provide a display device that may be used as a unit, consisting of a base, pedestal, and box or holder, all connected together, or as a separable device, permitting use of the box or holder separately, and with the box or holder so constructed as to be provided with an inner base that may be slidably withdrawn and separated from the box.

Where plastic is mentioned, it will be understood that the term also includes Wood, metal, or other suitable materials.

It has been found that the inventive concept herein expressed provides a merchant, particularly a jeweler, with a very attractive means of displaying his merchandise. The fact that the stands and boxes are in a unitary construction gives them a steady position, and it is easy to trim a window or the like without knocking the boxes over as is the case with ordinary boxes. The invention is also an expense saver as a wide variety of displays and colors is possible without requiring more than a few interchangeable elements of cushions or pads.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the arrangement, combination and details of construction disclosed in the drawings and specifications, and then more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a detail front elevation of a jewelry box constructed according to an embodiment of this invention,

Figure 2 is a detail side elevation of the device,

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 2,

Figure 5 is a plan View of the device, showing the cover in open position and the inner base partly withdrawn,

Figure 6 is a detail front elevation of a modified form of this invention, showing a series of these jewelry boxes or supports on a common base.

Referring to the drawings, and first to Figures 1 to 5, the numeral Ill designates generally a base having a vertically disposed standard rising therefrom. The standard I I has mounted on the upper end thereof a head generally designated as I2, the standard I I being formed with a threaded stud I3 engaging in a threaded socket I4 which is formed in the bottom plate I5 of the head I2.

The head I2 is formed with opposite side flanges 6 provided with upwardly and inwardly tapered outer sides IT, and the head I2 also includes a front upwardly extending flange I8 which is of curved configuration in plan. The head I2 is adapted to have removably mounted thereon an inner receptacle base I9 which includes a bottom wall 20, opposite side walls 2I, a front wall 22 curved to the configuration of the curved front wall I8, and an upright rear wall 23. The inner sides of the flanges IB and the front flange I8 are formed with a guide groove 24 within which a flange 25, carried by the receptacle base I9, is adapted to slidably engage. The rear wall 23, as shown in Figure 3, extends below the inner bottom wall 20, as indicated at 26, and is adapted to abut against the rear end of the base plate I5 of the head I2.

A dome-shaped cover 21 is hingedly mounted at its rear edge, as at 28, at the upper edge of the rear wall 23 and is adapted when the stand is in display position to be swung upwardly to the dotted line position shown in Figure 3.

The inner receptacle I9 is adapted to have removably mounted therein a cushion 29 which includes a cushion body 30 and a cover 3|. The cover 3I may be formed of plush or other suitable material of the desired color so that the color of the cover 3| will harmonize with the color scheme used in the complete window display.

As shown in Figures 2 and 3, the side walls of the cover 21 taper forwardly and downwardly and the side walls I6 of the head I2 also taper forheight with the standard llc longest, and each" standard has mounted on the upper end thereof a head [2a and a closure or cover 21a identical in every respect, with the head and closure and associated parts shown in Figures 1 to 5.

In the use and operation of this device, the article or articles for display are placed on top of the cushion 29 and the cover 21 is raised upwardly to its open position, which is a substantially vertical position, as shown in Figure 3. When it is desired to change the color scheme in the window display, a differently colored cushion 29 may be used so that it will not be necessary for the merchant to completely replace the display stand when changing the color scheme in the window display.

These stands may be made out of any suitable material, preferably being made out of plastic which may be either transparent or colored, and these stands may be used either singly or in multiple units, such as 1, 2, 3, or more standards on a common base. Where the display device is a multiple unit, the standards are preferably of different lengths and may be of increasing height from one end of the base to the other, as shown in Figure 6.

When desired, this device may be used without the standard, as the display holder may be easily removed from the standard.

I do not mean to confine myself to the exact details of construction herein disclosed, but claim all variations falling within the purview of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A display device comprising a base, a standard rising from said base, a lower receptacle base carried by the upper end of said standard, said receptacle base including a bottom wall, upstanding side and front flanges carried by said bottom wall, said side flanges having confronting channels on the inner side thereof, an inner bottom wall slidably engaging in said channels, a display cushion carried by said inner bottom wall, an upright rear flange carried by said inner bottom wall, and a cover hingedly carried by said rear flange.

2. A display device comprising a base, a standard rising from said base, a lower receptacle base carried by the upper end of said standard, said receptacle base including a bottom wall, upstanding side and front flanges carried by said bottom wall, said side flanges having confronting charrnels on the inner sides thereof, an inner bottom wall slidably engaging in said channels, upstanding inner side and opposite end flanges carried by said inner bottom wall, a cushion removably engaging between said inner side and end flanges, and a dome-shaped cover hingedly carried by the rear inner end flange.

3. A display device comprising a base, upstanding side and front flanges carried by said base, said side flanges inclining upwardly and rearwardly and having confronting channels, an inner bottom slidably engaging in said channels, a cushion carried by said inner bottom wall, and a dome-shaped cover hingedly carried by said inner bottom wall.

' 4. A display device comprising a base, upstanding side and front flanges carried by said base, said side flanges inclining upwardly and rearwardly and having confronting channels, an inner bottom slidably engaging in said channels, a cushion carried by said inner bottom wall, a vertically disposed rear wall carried by the rear end of said inner bottom Wall, and a cover hingedly carried by said rear wall.

HAROLD A. LEES.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 895,972 Dana Aug. 11, 1908 2,406,450 Winslow Aug. 27, 1946 

